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Saturday, 1 August 2015

Cucumber and Tomato trials

I grew some tomatoes from seed and kept four of the plants - two of which I left in the greenhouse and two went in a pot outside. I also grew some cucumbers and kept one in the greenhouse and planted one in the tomato pot outside.here are the results so far:

Tomatoes in the greenhouse: tall, thin, anaemic looking but with flowers and starting to fruit

Tomatoes and cucumber outside: dark green and leafy, only a few flowers and no fruit.

Cucumber in greenhouse doing OK

It seems the outside tomato bushes do just that - they make large dark green very vigorous and healthy bushes but they are only just starting to flower, so I suspect I won't be getting any ripe fruit off those this year.... again. Unless you have a really good spot in your garden I think outdoor tomatoes need to be grown much further south than Bury. I have never had a crop of tomatoes from them and as this is year five (!) that is an end to my outdoor tomato growing. It is worth your having a go though as I know several people who do OK. My garden is particularly 'late' with stuff.I might have a good go at greenhouse ones next year though.

The cucumber needed its own pot to make it a fair comparison with the one in the greenhouse. Basically it is strong and healthy but miles behind it's sister under cover, who has two cucumbers forming and more to come.

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